Byron

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Byron

Total population

617

Median home value

$165,400

18.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$58,958

Byron$59k

National$74k

Founded

1824

Elevation257 m

Land area1.95 km²

Weather72°F · Mostly Sunny

Coordinates42.82°, -83.95°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Byron is a village in Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Byron had a population of 545. The village is located within Burns Township.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Byron, MI from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Erik Jones

American racing driver

Jordan Trovillion

American actress

Alexander Garfield Gillespie

American football player, army officer (1885-1956)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Michigan

• Gaines
  4.1 mi away
• Argentine
  6 mi away
• Durand
  6.7 mi away
• Linden
  8.5 mi away
• Lennon
  11.4 mi away
• Fenton
  11.9 mi away
• Morrice
  11.9 mi away
• Lake Fenton
  12.2 mi away
• Fowlerville
  12.8 mi away
• Corunna
  14 mi away
• Howell
  14.7 mi away
• Hartland
  15 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Byron

The University of Michigan

Wilfred Byron Shaw · 1920

The story of the Twentieth Michigan infantry, July 15th, 1862 to May 30th, 1865

Cutcheon, Byron M. · 1904

Will Carleton, Michigan's Poet

Will Carleton · 2015

Roundhouses

Byron Babbish · 2016

Taconite, Calcite, Dolomite

Byron Babbish · 2016

Michigan Railroad Photographs

Byron Babbish · 2020

Railfan Chronicles, Conrail in Michigan, 1976 To 1999

Byron Babbish · 2015

Railfan Chronicles, Railroads of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, 1975 To 2013

Byron Babbish · 2015

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Red-spotted Admiral

Limenitis arthemis

Seen 2026-09-15

ground-ivy

Glechoma hederacea

Seen 2026-09-13

Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Seen 2026-09-13

Japanese maple

Acer palmatum

Seen 2026-09-13

common ragweed

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Seen 2026-09-07

white turtlehead

Chelone glabra

Seen 2026-09-07

Eastern Mole

Scalopus aquaticus

Seen 2026-09-07

tall bellflower

Campanulastrum americanum

Seen 2026-09-07

American burnweed

Erechtites hieraciifolius

Seen 2026-09-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).